Tag: sep 22 2020

A recent surge in coronavirus cases in some areas in the Spanish capital of Madrid has prompted the government to order a partial lockdown that has been the source of anger from those who say the mandate is extreme and will crush the economy. Reuters reported the lockdown would target poorer areas in the city...

The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study in April that said of those hospitalized due to coronavirus symptoms, a large percentage had health issues prior to contracting the disease. The peer-reviewed journal said 34 percent of the patients had diabetes, 42 percent were obese, and 57 percent had high blood pressure. A...

Some health officials see little use in employing temperature checks in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, saying these screenings do nothing more than offer a bit of pandemic theater for the public. The New York Times reported last week that some governors have incorporated temperature checks into their coronavirus mandates. Running a...

It was reported in the U.K newspaper The Telegraph last week that the coronavirus “was not the leading cause of death for nearly a third of registered Covid-19 victims in July and August.” The Oxford University study they cited stated, “This means that someone who has had a heart attack or even died in a...

The government in Victoria, Australia, is preparing to discuss an emergency measure that would allow authorities to detain any citizen they suspect could be at “high risk” for becoming a coronavirus “conspiracy theorist,” according to a report. The Caldron Pool, a conservative website, reported that under the law, anyone who refuses to follow instructions or...

Victoria, Australia, has taken some of the world’s most aggressive and intrusive steps in its campaign to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The local government reportedly has launched drones to make sure people outdoors are wearing a mask, have shut down businesses and erected a “ring of steel” to limit regional travel, have threatened...

Some residents in Victoria, Australia, have lashed out at the government over what they call over-the-top mandates to deal with the coronavirus outbreak despite an “extraordinarily low” level of people who require treatment after diagnosis. Off-guardian.org, a website in the country, wrote that officials there seem to be “undeterred by inconvenient truths” regarding the infection...

Absent in mainstream media coverage is the reporting of an open letter written by doctors in Belgium to the country’s top education official last week, calling on him to reverse his face-mask requirement at school due to its effect on the children’s well-being. The Brussels Times reported that 70 doctors signed the letter to Ben...

Old people telling young people, “Don’t go out and party” is the new Abnormal. From sex, drugs and rock n’ roll to shelter-in-place, in school districts across America, the new regulations being imposed on young people by school administrators and politicians are: “Don’t go out and party with friends – you’ll either get COVID-19 and...